The Fawn-breasted Thrush lives on the forest floor and in undergrowth. It searches for small invertebrates on the ground during the day.
It is about 21–22 cm long.
It is active by day in forest-floor and undergrowth habitats, where it searches on the ground for small invertebrates.
The back is olive-brown, the head slightly greyish, and the rump and upper tail-coverts tinged chestnut. The wing-coverts and outer tail feathers have whitish tips.
The chin, throat and breast are whitish-fawn, the belly white, and the flanks marked with black crescent-shaped spots.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.